Jeremiah

¹³“Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness,and his rooms by injustice;who uses his neighbor’s service without wages,and doesn’t give him his hire; ¹⁴who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house and spacious rooms,’and cuts out windows for himself;with a cedar ceiling,and painted with red. ¹⁵“Should you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar?Didn’t your father eat and drink,and do justice and righteousness?Then it was well with him. ¹⁶He judged the cause of the poor and needy;so it was well, then.Wasn’t this to know me?”says the Lord. ¹⁷But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness,for shedding innocent blood,for oppression, and for doing violence.” ¹⁸Therefore the Lord says concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:“They won’t lament for him,saying, ‘Ah my brother!’ or, ‘Ah sister!’They won’t lament for him,saying ‘Ah lord!’ or, ‘Ah his glory!’ ¹⁹He will be buried with the burial of a donkey,drawn and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”